How to Install and Uninstall efivar Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "efivar" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install efivar on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                efivar
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "efivar" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall efivar on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                efivar
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the efivar package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: efivar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 37-5ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 44
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libefivar1 (= 37-5ubuntu1), libefiboot1 (= 37-5ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/e/efivar/efivar_37-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8636
MD5sum: 7128441a64fb4f0cc63ce470b5097e4c
SHA1: 0973d137fb201b42eecd578fdc1e7fb178d41ce5
SHA256: 36b10a33384a6aaeacb9f95a30b45685233561f3c4eaa27e0004b76be07eead1
SHA512: 29f1610f52568aaf46ede27f8ffc4ca32ea5b55b5a77c5f93d86b9a5185eee30a814e7c626ff604c9a9642b0a99a558805ec028f84fd60e867b06089f5f66a5f
Homepage: https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar
Description-en: Tools to manage UEFI variables
efivar provides a simple command line interface to the UEFI variable facility.
Description-md5: e979ed45ae792f486c6b34862b3f2b88